Cereals, primary — Yield in USSR
USSR: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,517 kg/ha in 1991. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in USSR, 1961–1991
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in USSR is 1,517 kg/ha, measured in 1991.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 24.6% on the previous year and up 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in USSR peaked at 2,012 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 781.1 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places USSR 141st out of 178 countries with data for 1991, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in USSR, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,007 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,023 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 781.1 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1964 | 1,075 kg/ha | +37.6% |
| 1965 | 880 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1966 | 1,289 kg/ha | +46.5% |
| 1967 | 1,129 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1968 | 1,300 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1969 | 1,240 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1970 | 1,462 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1971 | 1,440 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 1,315 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1973 | 1,638 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1974 | 1,434 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1975 | 1,027 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 1976 | 1,630 kg/ha | +58.8% |
| 1977 | 1,402 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1978 | 1,732 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 1979 | 1,345 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 1980 | 1,399 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 1,199 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1982 | 1,437 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1983 | 1,506 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 1,354 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1985 | 1,523 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1986 | 1,704 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1987 | 1,701 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 1,589 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1989 | 1,794 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1990 | 2,012 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1991 | 1,517 kg/ha | -24.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,080 kg/ha | 781.1 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,442 kg/ha | 1,027 kg/ha | 1,732 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,521 kg/ha | 1,199 kg/ha | 1,794 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,765 kg/ha | 1,517 kg/ha | 2,012 kg/ha | 2 |
Countries ranked near USSR
- 138 Mauritania 1,537 kg/ha compare
- 139 Algeria 1,537 kg/ha compare
- 140 Kazakhstan 1,530 kg/ha
- 142 Cyprus 1,440 kg/ha compare
- 143 Sierra Leone 1,370 kg/ha compare
- 144 Benin 1,356 kg/ha compare
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- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -5.81 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 0 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -6.5 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -6.27 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass 0 % change on previous year (1991)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate -6.83 % change on previous year (1991)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production, annual growth rate -94.47 % change on previous year (1991)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in USSR?
- Cereals, primary — yield in USSR was 1,517 kg/ha in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in USSR?
- The highest recorded value was 2,012 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in USSR?
- The lowest recorded value was 781.1 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does USSR rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- USSR ranks 141st out of 178 countries with data for 1991.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in USSR?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this USSR data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.